linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/3] KVM: x86: Avoid theoretical NULL pointer dereference in kvm_irq_delivery_to_apic

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Message-Id: <20220325132140.25650-3-vkuznets@redhat.com>
Date:   Fri, 25 Mar 2022 14:21:39 +0100
From:   Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
To:     kvm@...r.kernel.org, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] KVM: x86: Avoid theoretical NULL pointer dereference in kvm_irq_delivery_to_apic_fast()

When kvm_irq_delivery_to_apic_fast() is called with APIC_DEST_SELF
shorthand, 'src' must not be NULL. Crash the VM with KVM_BUG_ON()
instead of crashing the host.

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
index 80a2020c4db4..66b0eb0bda94 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
@@ -1024,6 +1024,10 @@ bool kvm_irq_delivery_to_apic_fast(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_lapic *src,
 	*r = -1;
 
 	if (irq->shorthand == APIC_DEST_SELF) {
+		if (KVM_BUG_ON(!src, kvm)) {
+			*r = 0;
+			return true;
+		}
 		*r = kvm_apic_set_irq(src->vcpu, irq, dest_map);
 		return true;
 	}
-- 
2.35.1